Washing device



Feb. 19, 1946. L. Y. BOOHARIN 7 2,395,094

WASHING DEVICE Filed July 21, 1944v INVENTOR. 150 V, BOQHAAIN H TTOIF/VEYS,

Patented Feb. 19, 1946 WASHING DEVICE LeoY. Booharin, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, as-

signor of one-third to William G. Campbell and one-third to George Theroux, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Application July 21, 1944, Serial No. 545,936

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a washing device for bathing or cleansing purposes.

. One of the objects of this invention is the provision of a very light, sanitary, economically rubber, or the like, to prevent the strands from soaking up moisture.

This web may be several inches wide, preferably about three inches, and it may be from two manufactured washing device of the type having 5 to four feet in length, preferably about three a belt-like web carrying a. moisture absorbent feet. sponge, and which device is adapted to be grasped Intermediate the ends of said web I secure a at its ends by the opposite hands of a user for moisture absorbent sponge 6, which sponge prefmanual manipulation of the device, such as reerably extend longitudinally of the web I and ciprocating the sponge across the back or any projects from opposite sides thereof as well as other desired partof the body. from opposite edges, and which is inseparably se- Rubbing or massaging devices as well as washcured to the web through the portions at opposite ing devices have been heretofore produced, but sides of the web, being securedintegrally toinsofar as I am aware, they either have been too ether through the mesh openings of the web heavy, or too costly to make, or they have in- (Fig. 3). Also the material of the sponge may eluded canvas or cloth that becomes soaked or be secured to the strands themselves in any suitwaterlog ed and remains damp fOr objectionably able manner, and by any suitable means. long periods of time. Also, in most prior struc- The sponge B may be of sponge rubber, or it tures the sponge material, wher employed, is too may be of any other moisture absorbent composieasily damaged or loosened from the belt supporttion material industrially used in the place of ing the same, and the belts can be conveniently conventional sponges or of sponge rubber. rasped at their ends only, thus making manipu- To the ends of the web I may be secured relalation of the device awkward for persons having tively rigid hand holds or cross bars "I, although difierent length arms as well as limiting the conthese are not absolutely necessary since the finvenient use of the device to one part of the body gers of each hand at opposite ends of the mesh only, such as the back. openings may be thrust therethrough. However, With the device of this invention all of the the bars I provide a more comfortable grip for the above objections are overcome. hands and in actual practice the fingers of the In the drawing, hands extend through the mesh openings upon Fig. 1 is a plan view of a device showing the gripping the bars I. invention. In use, where a shorter grip is desired, the Fig. 2 is an edge view of the device of Fig. 1. web is merely rolled on one or both bars I to Fig. 3 is an enlarged part elevational part sec shorten whichever end of the web desired, and tional view of the device of Fig. 4 as seen from then upon gripping the bars with the fingers line 3-3 of Fig. '4. extending through the mesh openings of the web Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan view of the device adjacent each bar, the web will not unroll, but of Fig. 3. will remain rolled on the bars. This is a highly In detail, I provide an elongated web I of reladesirable feature inmy invention. tively open work, flexible material, preferably In operation, when the hands grasp the ends formed of parallel longitudinally extending, rela- 40 of the web I or the bars 1, the sponge may be tively widely spaced strands 2 of such material, squeezed somewhat by tensioning the longitudiand parallel, relatively widely spaced crossnal strands at opposite edges of the web I in opstrands 3 of such material. This structure proposite directions by moving the bars 'I to dotted vides relatively large mesh openings 4 of uniline positions. If this is done when the sponge form size in the web, and preferably there are at is against the body, a slight but beneficial masleast four of these mesh openingstransversely saging of the skin occurs, and which massaging of the web, each of which is substantially of a is independently of reciprocation of the sponge size to pass a finger of the hand therethrough. by the hands. Also some of the moisture in the The material of these strands may be any sponge is forced to the surface of the latter at fibrous material, but is preferably a quick drying, the same time. The relatively open work strucnon-moisture absorbent material, such as nylon ture of the web permits this action. 1' other Plastic material. 1 y may be of such It is pertinent to note that the relatively open material as cotton or other moisture absorbent work structure of the web permits very rapid drymaterial, but in such instances the web is prefing of the same as well as providing an extremeerably treated with a waterproofing plastic or u 1y light weight web, and while the material of the web is preferably relatively inelastic, it may have elasticity.

The drawing and description are not intended to be restrictive of the invention, inasmuch as they are merely illustrative thereof. The sponge itself may have various contours, but for most purposes the type illustrated is satisfactory.

Having described the invention, I claim:

1. A device of the character described comprising a flexible, elongated web of relatively open work structure providing relatively large mesh openings therein, a moisture absorbent sponge at a point intermediate the ends of said Web inseparably secured thereto and projecting from opposite sides of the web, said web being adapted for manual grasping at the ends thereof for manual manipulation of the same, the portions of said sponge at opposite sides of said web being inopenings each being of a size adapted to pass a finger of a hand therethrough for such manual grasping, there being sufficient mesh openings along each end of the web for four of the fingers of a hand.

LEO Y. BOOHARIN. 

